Wirt, William, counsel for government, iii. 445; his eloquence in Burr’s trial, 465; his opinion of Chief-Justice Marshall, 469; his description of Madison in October, 1814, viii. 230, 231. Wistar, Dr. Caspar, i. 127. Wolcott, Alexander, v. 359, 360. Wolcott, Oliver, iii. 199; republican candidate for governor of Connecticut, ix. 133. Wood, Eleazar Derby, major of engineers, constructs Fort Meigs, vii. 93, 99, 104; ix. 235; his comments on the affair at the River Raisin, vii. 93; with Brown on the Niagara, viii. 47; directs entrenchments at Fort Erie, 67; takes command of Twenty-first Infantry, 74; leads sortie from Fort Erie, 87; killed, 88, 89. Wood, John, his career, iii. 272; made editor of the “Western World” by Marshall and Daveiss, 273. Woodyard, the, Winder’s army camps at, viii. 134. Wool, John E., captain of Thirteenth Infantry, gains Queenston Heights, vi. 349, 350. Woollen manufactures, v. 17; depressed by the peace, ix. 96; fabrics in the tariff of 1816, ix. 111, 113, 114. Worcester, Dr. Samuel, his reply to Channing, ix. 180, 181. Wordsworth, William, i. 94; his lines on America, 169, 172. Workman, Judge, iii. 303, 319. Wright, Robert, member of Congress from Maryland, his motion on impressments, v. 351, 352; opposes Gallatin’s taxes, vi. 167; his threats against opposition, 213; on the payment of taxes in suspended bank paper, viii. 256. Wythe, George, i. 133. X. Y. Z. affair, i. 355, 358, 359. Yale College, i. 106; remains orthodox, ix. 186. Yarnall, John J., lieutenant in U. S. navy, Perry’s first officer on the “Lawrence,” vii. 123; his comment on Elliott, 125. Yazoo Act, i. 304. Yazoo bill, passage of, vii. 401, 402; Marshall’s decision on claims, ix. 189, 190. Yazoo Compromise, ii. 210; Madison’s measure, 211; vote upon, 217; the test of parties, iii. 119, 350; bill for settling rejected, 177. Yeo, Sir James Lucas, British commodore on Lake Ontario, vii. 160; his attack on Sackett’s Harbor, 164, 169; reinforces Kingston, 180, 181; captures “Vixen,” 313; attacks Oswego, 29, 30; brings charges against Prevost, 112. York, or Toronto, capital of Upper Canada, vi. 316; captured by Dearborn, vii. 152, 154, 155; public buildings burned, 155. York, Duke of, v. 57, 58, 105. “Yorktown,” privateer, captured, vii. 329. “Young Wasp,” privateer, viii. 196.